Tenth pair of socks

Finished with literally half an hour to spare... I had set myself the target of completing these, the tenth pair in my self imposed sock challenge, by the end of November. I finished grafting the second toe at 1130pm last night.

The pattern is Paraphenalia by Taina Anttila and is free on Ravelry.

The yarn is Knit Picks Essential Kettledyed, in colourway Jay. I like the way the yarn has some subtle colour variation and love this shade of blue. It is a lot prettier than my camera and the artificial lights and flash, would have you believe.

The yarn knit up reasonably well. I hope these wear as well as my last pair of Knit Picks socks, which have been worn a great deal and are still almost as nice as the day they were knit.

The legs came out very long, they are almost boot socks. I think I could have reduced the leg length by one pattern repeat and still had a respectably lengthy sock. However, these will certainly keep the drafts at bay.

The cables weren't difficult to do, though a little fiddly. I made my life unnecessarily difficult by using plastic cocktail sticks as cable needles and they kept snapping at inopportune moments. But if I'd used the correct equipment......